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Video Games JSON File

From the CORGIS Dataset Project

By Austin Cory Bart acbart@vt.edu
Version 2.0.0, created 4/13/2017
Tags: video games, games, publishers, console, gaming

Overview

This dataset requires special permission to use.

Originally collected by Dr. Joe Cox, this dataset has information about the sales and playtime of over a thousand video games released between 2004 and 2010. The playtime information was collected from crowd-sourced data on “How Long to Beat”.

Some more information can be found here.

<Cox, Joe. “What makes a blockbuster video game? An empirical analysis of US sales data.” Managerial and Decision Economics 35.3 (2014): 189-198.>

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Key Descriptions

Key List of... Comment Example Value
Title String The full title of this game. "Super Mario 64 DS"
Features.Handheld? Boolean Whether this is a hand-held game. True
Features.Max Players Integer The maximum number of players that can play this game. 1
Features.Multiplatform? Boolean Whether this game is available on multiple platforms. True
Features.Online? Boolean Whether this game supports online play. True
Metadata.Genres String The list of genres that this game belongs to. "Action"
Metadata.Licensed? Boolean Whether this game was based off a previously licensed entity. True
Metadata.Publishers String The list of publishers who created this game "Nintendo"
Metadata.Sequel? Boolean Whether this game is a sequel to another game. True
Metrics.Review Score Integer a typical review score for this game, out of 100. 85
Metrics.Sales Float The total sales made on this game, measured in millions of dollars. 4.69
Metrics.Used Price Float A typical "used" price for this game (i.e. previously returned and sold), measured in dollars. It is unclear where this number originally came from. 24.95
Release.Console String The name of the console that this particular game was released for. Note that the dataset contains multiple copies of the same game, released for different consoles. "Nintendo DS"
Release.Rating String The ESRB rating for this game, either E (for Everyone), T (for Teen), or M (for Mature). "E"
Release.Re-release? Boolean Whether this game is a re-release of an earlier one. True
Release.Year Integer The year that this game was released. 2004
Length.All PlayStyles.Average Float The mean time that players reported completing the game in any way, in hours. This is the average over all the other categories. 22.716666666666665
Length.All PlayStyles.Leisure Float The slowest time that players reported completing the game in any way, in hours. This is the minimum over all the other categories. 31.9
Length.All PlayStyles.Median Float The median time that players reported completing the game in any way, in hours. This is the median over all the other categories. 24.483333333333334
Length.All PlayStyles.Polled Integer The number of players that reported completing the game in any way. This is the count over all the other categories. 57
Length.All PlayStyles.Rushed Float The fastest time that players reported completing the game in any way, in hours. This is the maximum over all the other categories. 14.3
Length.Completionists.Average Float The mean time that players reported completing everything in the game, in hours. 29.766666666666666
Length.Completionists.Leisure Float The slowest time that players reported completing everything in the game, in hours. 35.03333333333333
Length.Completionists.Median Float The median time that players reported completing everything in the game, in hours. 30.0
Length.Completionists.Polled Integer The number of players that reported completing everything in the game. 20
Length.Completionists.Rushed Float The fastest time that players reported completing everything in the game, in hours. 22.016666666666666
Length.Main + Extras.Average Float The mean time that players reported completing the main game and major extra parts of the game, in hours. 24.916666666666668
Length.Main + Extras.Leisure Float The slowest time that players reported completing the main game and major extra parts of the game, in hours. 29.966666666666665
Length.Main + Extras.Median Float The median time that players reported completing the main game and major extra parts of the game, in hours. 25.0
Length.Main + Extras.Polled Integer The number of players that reported completing the main game and major extra parts of the game. 16
Length.Main + Extras.Rushed Float The fastest time that players reported completing the main game and major extra parts of the game, in hours. 18.333333333333332
Length.Main Story.Average Float The mean time that players reported completing the main game storyline, in hours. 14.333333333333334
Length.Main Story.Leisure Float The slowest time that players reported completing the main game storyline, in hours. 18.316666666666666
Length.Main Story.Median Float The median time that players reported completing the main game storyline, in hours. 14.5
Length.Main Story.Polled Integer The number of players that reported completing the main game storyline. 21
Length.Main Story.Rushed Float The fastest time that players reported completing the main game storyline, in hours. 9.7